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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-28
work Of Nature. scn1ptor.

We ara accustomed to associate such
gigantic water carvings as the Colorado
canyon and the Niagara gorge with almost
iuConcelvahle periods of time, vet instan-
ces are numerous of the wearing from
the solid rock of gorges hundreds of feet
deep by two or three centuries only of
work. Lyell mentions the case of the
SimetO, in Sicily, which had been damned
by lavas in 1903. In two and half
centuries it had exCavated a channel fifty
TO several hundred feet deep, and in some
parts forty to fifty feet wide. although the
rock Is a hard basalt. He also describes
a gorge in decomposed rock, near Mill
edgevllle, Ga, that was at first a mud
crack yard deep, but which, in twenty
years, was 800 yards long, twenty to $50
feet wide and fifty-fve feet deep; and
Llals describes a similar gorge, of twice
the length, IN Brazil, made in forty years.
But il Is in the low lands bordering
rivers that the flood artist finds the plas-
TIC material that may be nodded with
each passing season. With high water
the streams rapidly wear into earthly
banks, commencing new bends or cutting
OFT old ones, and even opening new chan
nels for discharge. The great and tIIrbu-
lent HOangHo Is noted for its devasta-
tiOns, says Dana. In 1850 it emptied
into the Yellow sea; now this mouth is
dry, and it has a new channel opening to
the Gulf of Pechele, nearly 300 miles
north of its former outlet, and it departed
from the old channel more than this dis
lance from the coast. This is the last Of
many changes, back and forth, recorded
by the Chinese during the past 5000
years. -Arkansaw Traveller.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-28
THURSDAY
July 28th
IMPROVEMENTS ON FORT STREET.

For several hours during yesterday
most central portions of Fort street A
gang of prisoners was engaged spreading
road-making material, and the steam
roller was applied to render it hard. In
causing this to be done the newly APP
pointed Road Supervisor has performed
one OF the most necessary works within
his jurisdiction, and the mercantile COM
munity will very generally appreciate
the improvement in the condition OF
this, the principal thoroughfare in the
city, especially when the mind reverts
to the quagmire that existed there dur
ing the last wet season.
But whilst the roadway has now be-
come as perfect as one can expect, the
want of an established grade upon the
foot path in former. years is painfully ap-
parent in the present day, more particu-
Iarly on the Eva side, between King and
Merchant streets. The shop fronts are
built upon various levels, and as the side
walk has been made to correspond with
them, the pedestrian is under the neces-
ity of going up and down steps as he
passes along.
Apropos of this it may be observed in
the words of the Fort Madison, Iowa,
''Daily Plain Dealer: "Hew silly
thing it would be, in building a city, to
go on and erect block of fine, costly
buildings, ami in few months discover
that they were several feet either above
or below grade lust what has been done
here j. and that the expense of getting
them to the proper grade, if possible at
all, would equal the original cost. How
silly it is for man to get inside of a
cask III order to get the head in, when
he knows that he will have to destroy all
his work in order to get out again. One
of the most important things to be done
to-day is to employ the very best Ell
gineering skill and establish a grade for
the city, which, like the laws of Venice,
cannot be altered or annulled by any
thing short of an earthquake. In almost
every city can be found houses half
buried by the grade of the streets, while
others stand up on stills, and what was
originally planned for cellar has been
transformed into a garnet. Ever SO
much care on the part of the individual
cannot guard against this. Hence there
should be perfect grade established, so
that people would know what they are
doing and what they might expect"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-28
Louisiana sugar Cron.

From the valuable annual compila-
ton of Mr.. A. Bouchereau we take the
following details relating to the Louis
lana sugar crop: "The unexpected poor
result OF the crop of 1867 is attributed
to the killing freeze of January, 1886,
and the protracted cold and wet weather
then a rainy spell from May to August
greatly interfering with the cultivation
and laying-by of the crop, finally long
drouth from August to October. From
this time on the weather was most favor
able. Cane cutting and sugar making
were started about October 10Th, but the
mass of planters started November 1st
The cane was month later than usual
in coming to maturity. The first frost
appeared October 9th, much to the ad-
vantage of planters. A light freeze on
November 18th caused little damage,
but the work of wind-rowing began
The cane was very ripe, but owing to its
small size the cutter passed over the
land with unusual speed. We cannot
recall any year when so small stream
of juice issued from a good field of cane
Toward the end of November grinding
rapidly drew to close, and all estates
ended in December, all reporting short
yields, and those who exceeded 80 per
cent. OF previous years crop had reason
to congratulate themselves, for we have
not had so bad a season for the cultiva-
ton of cane in the last fifty years. First
arrivals of new sugar were sold in Octo-
Der. Receipts increased in November
and December, and were small in Janu-
airy and to May. The total production
was As, 1868 hhds. ISI, I23, 872 pounds
net, say 8O,859 tons of 2,24O pounds
each, against 127 ,95S tons previous year.
The growing crop is in highly prosper
GUS condition, and if nothing happens to
darken the outlook, there is no doubt it
will be large-perhaps the largest since
the civil war"
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a Northern California Forest.

Here the trees, of gigantic proportions,
grew i'll such close contiguity that it
seemed a battle for life through lack of
space; and the trail followed narrowed
until horse and rider had barely room to
pass between the trees. The outspread-
ing branches, interlocked in inextricable
ENHANCEMENT, formed a solid canopy of
foliage, excluding sunshine and light-so
impenetrable that it was useless for me to
gaze up toward the heavens, or even to
guess the time of day from the position of
the sun, or from any glimmer of its rays.
Not carrying a watch, and accustomed to
tell the time by the length of the
shadows, became anxious from my in
ability even to guess at the time of day.
and feared from the darkness of my sur
rOundings that the sun must be descend
ing far toward the horizon. But after a
couple of hours of painful anxiety, I at
length emerged from the dark, dense and
depressing forest, to find myself once
more under the blue canopy of Califor-
MIA sky. and the sun with five hours left
to reach its resting place in the vest
Overland Monthly.
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The AIIIe Rowe.

The Hongkong DAILY Press" of June
18th has the following: ''The Hawaiian
brig Allie Rowe, which arrived here yes
terday from Honolulu, reports having
encountered typhoOn on the 26th and
9th of May in latitude 1924 \. and
longitude 1902 E. The wind blew with
typhoon force from II o'clock on the
night OF the 26th until 10 o'clock the
next morning, with the exception OF two
hours, from to 8 o'clock, when the CEN
ter calm was experienced. After the
storm was past it was found that the
bowsprit and main lower-topsail yard
were sprung; part OF the starboard bull
warks washed away, all head sails gone,
fore-topmast backstavs carried away,
jackstays drawn out Of the yards, and
running gear more or less carried away"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-28
A Daring Feat.

The much talked-of leap from bal
loon was made by Professor Thomas S.
Baldwin at the fair grounds, Quincy, ILL.,,
July 4th. Over 10000 people witnessed
the perform ance, which was very dar-
ing. Baldwin assembled to a height OF
one mile, and then, holding his para
chute, launched himself into space.
The parachute was about eighteen feet
in diameter and made of cords and
strong silk When the jump was made
it was closed, and the first 200 feet the
aeronaut dropped like a rock. Then, as
the parachute expanded, the speed be-
came less rapid, and the aeronaut and
his strange apparatus fioated steadily
down like a bird.
1t was a grand sight. The descent
was accomplished in three minutes and
twenty seconds. Baldwin struck the
ground with some force, but not enough
to injure him. The descent varied about
a quarter OF a mile from the vertical, and
the professor struck the ground about a
mile and Il half from where the ascent
was made. His attempt to collapse the
balloon when jumping failed, and it
scared away skyward when relieved OF
his weight.
Baldwin is a native OF Quincy, and is
% years old. He was for number of
years engaged in the newspaper business
there, but for the last few years has been
studying athletics and ballooning. He
made similar leap in California last
winter, the distance being 900 feet.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-28
Scouts On the RIcrcIe.

One of the novel features of the Easter
maneuvers Of the volunteer soldiers of
England at Dover was the use Of bicycle
and tricycle. riders as scouts. They ex-
coed cavalry in swiftness and are able to
go much more secretly and to cross
rougher country. When the rider of a
bicycle would come to q fence he would
climb it and throw his machine over
quickly. Even in crossing heavy, plowed
fields and marshy strips of land, bicycle
riders have outstripped the horses. Up
ward Of 500 bicyclists were thus en-
plOyed at Dover as scouts.-Frank Les
lies
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-28
HE Latest Addition 10 the English
Navy,

Naval men and marine architects are
discussing the latest addition to the Brit
ish navy. This is a magnificent twin
screw, armor-plated battle ship, and
she promises to be the most powerful
ship of war afoat. She was named the
Sas Pareil by Lady George Hamilton.
The Sans Pareil, with her engines and
fittings, is the heaviest vessel ever
launched in England, except the Great
Eastern, her weight being over 5000
tons. She is $40 feet in length, 20 feet
in breadth, 81 feet inches in depth and
of 1O,47O tons displacement. Her en-
gines will be $500 horsepower natural
draught and $4,000 horse power forced
draught Her armament will consist of
two 16-inch Hilton guns, one 10-inch 29
ton gun, twelve 6-inch 5-ton guns, nine
3-pounder quick-fring guns, twelve g.
FOUNDER quick-fring guns, two 1-inch
Nordenfeldt guns, eight 14-inch White
head torpedo tubes and four 0,45-inch
Nordenfeldt guns. She was built by the
Thames Ironwork and Shipbuilding
Company. This same firm twenty-seven
years ago launched the first armOr-clad
ship, the Warrior, and since then has
turned out armor-clad ships aggregating
127 PIP tons Of displacement tonnage.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-28
Tne New Constitution.

The p. c. ADVERTISER office has
printed the new Constitution in pam
phlet form. 1t is inserted in the Homo
lulu Almanac and Directory" which
also contains the old Constitution, and
will be sold at the old price-fity cents
4 COPY
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A Novel Lens.

A scientific novelty is a lens which
magnities, yet is perfectly fiat on both
sides. 1t is made at Jena by the manu-
facture of Professor Abbe's new optical
glass. The lens consists of a single disk
whose density varies so that its retroactive
power decreases regularly from the sur
face inward. Frank Leslie's.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-28
sound Oneer I'm Latin

Latin names of some Roman Catholic
1loceses sound very queer. Santa Fe is
;. Fldei; Little Rock is Petriculanus;
Springfield is Campi Fonts; Wheeling is
VelmSonSis; Green Bay is Sinus Viridis;
md Grand Rapids is Fluminis Rapid. -
New York Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-28
Government Schools on Kauai.

All the English and Hawaiian schools
on this island have had public examiua-
tons and exhibitions, aud the pupils
have acquitted themselves well Thurs
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
Laying tho Pipes.

The following item from the San
Francisco Examiner deserves critical 20
tice:
In deciding the recent case in which
the Salvation Army came in conflict with
Officer Ross at Oakland. because the lat
ter stood in the line of march Of the
army. Police Judge Henshaw gave an
opinion upon "mooted question:" as to
the rights of citizens and processio ms
upon the public Streets, The judge said
that unauthorized professions have not
the same rights upon the streets as indi-
viduals walking in unorganized columns.
II Is the duty of the Salvation Army, or
any other unauthorized procession, to
make wav for others upon the streets or
sidewalks. Woods,a special officer Of
the Salvation Army, was fined $40 for
forcibly pushing Ross aside.
Now Judge Henshaw is knave.
There is no such law, no such decision,
no such statute as he infers. There is
no such thing known as authorized" or
unauthorized" processlons. All men
have the RIGHT To- parade when and
where they please. The matter has
never been "a mootsd question"
If this Henshaw is the fellow I think
he is, he is born aristocrat, with the
brain of dude and the smart ess'' Of
= police Judge and his decision was
made solely to form precedent for the
suppression Of future assemblages Of
honest men. A.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
The Firss Blew.

The Labor parlv men got into the
legislature and there will be no militia
in Missouri this year. We predict that
the state will enjoy more peace than 1t
has done for long time past.
The boys had paid all the taxes for a
long time and this year they proposed
TO say how they should be spent. Not
cent for militia that shoots women
in the back, they said. And they were
right.
The proposed American standing
army has got its first black eve. Who
will give It the second?
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
RANK SOCIALISMi
Down With Those Who Believe In II
Club Those Who Dare
Speak III

II thou lend money to any of my peo-
nle that is poor by thee, thou shalt not
be unto him as an usurer, neither shalt
thou lay upon him usury.-Exodus ! xii,
22.
Take thou no usurv Of him or IN.
CREASE; but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee,
Thou shalt not give him thy money
upon usury. nor lend him thy victuals
FOR STANDARDIZATION XIV. 36 81.
Riches profit in the day Of wealth |;
but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs, xi., 4.
Remove far from me vanity and lies
give me neither poverty nor riches; feed
me with food convenient for me, lest
be full, and deny thee, and say, who ID
the Lord? or lest 1 be poor, and take
the name Of my God in vain.-Proverbt
XXX, 8-9.
Cast We up, cast We up prepare the way
take up the stumbling block out Of the
way of nv people.-Isiah vii, IA,
Have We not all one father? hath moi
God created US? Why do We dea
treacherously every man against hi
brother2-Malachi. ii, 10.
Neither be We called masters; for one
Is your master. even Christ.-St Mathew
xiii, 10.
Woe unto you. scribes and phari isees
hypocrites for ye devour widows
houses, and for q pretense make loni
PRAYERS; therefore We shall receive tn
greater damnation. Mathew, xiii, A
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
They may Get There.

A syndicate of spectators have
trumped up bogus Mexican grant TO
SOOOO.OOO acres, which includes lare e
portions Of New Mexico, Colorado,
Texas aud No Mans Land, being more
than twice the size ofKansas. The best
lawyers say their claim Of title is worth :
less. but that is no reason why it may
not be held good by the United States
courts, judging from past land decisions,
the fact that most of our judges owe
their positions to just such syndicates
and that thev controlthe two old parties
and the whole capitalist press.
You vote Yourself out Of your home bv
voting their ticket; VOTE YOUR own
idiot.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
The Children.

Describing the children Of New York,
Henry George says this: Literally. the
great majority of the children this great
metropolis is rearing do not find room
enough on the earth's surface to play.
They can only TOSS ball or fy kite bv
stealth. and when the policeman is not
about they never see sunrise or sun
set. the houses are too close and high ;
they never see flower save in o pot or
in a peddler's wagon they never hear
the rustic Of the leaves ofa tree unless
II be that they are taken on some excur.
aion.n
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
How 10 Voie.

Sam Jones and Sam Small are two re-
vival preachers who tell the poor to be
"contented with their lot" Last month
they received $Ss,OOO for their so-called
work" I
Your wages are 81 dav (wheu you
can get work. but all Of that $3S. 900 will
nevertheless have to cone out OF your
hides. Thev dance but you pay the tid-
dler.
Vote the old party ticket in order to
signify your willingness TO keep on ay-
ing.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
Mother and ChiId.

Motner ana Chtlos
"The poor may only be the pick-pockets d
happlness."
Wanda Wild Of II Rivington street.
New York, is the wife Of Leopold Wild,
bookkeeper In cigar factory. She and
her husban are poor and miserable and
they had baby born fortnight ago
On the night Of March 10. her husband
found her muttering and groaning over
the baby.
"You poor little thing" she said, lyon
came into the world at the wrong time,
and it is bad place to be in at best.
You would be better out of it,"
With this she seized the child by the
throat and was about to strangle it when
the father interfered.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
$4,000 Lawyers.

No wonder the laws are not enforced.
The 64,600 LAWYERS In the United
States have 200 times more representa-
ton in congress than the 100000 farm
ers. And. what is more. they will keep
II until the subscribers 10 labor papers
wake up TO the importance of making
sham representation real, first by get
ting new subscribers for their own press,
second by boycotting the capitalist press
and third bv voting the Labor ticket.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
Now in the Market.

The president has appointed the
following Interstate commissioners
Thomas NJ. Cooley Of Michigan. fol- the
term of six wears; William X. Morrison
Of Illinois. for the term Of five years
Augustus Schoonmaker Of New York,
for the term Of four years; Aldace f.
Walker Of Vermont. for the term of
three years; Walter L. Bragg of Ala
bama. for the term Of two years. Cooley
and Walker are republicans, the others
are democrats. All Of them will soon
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
Catch On 2

The Newton Democrat says a tract Of
land near that place has been sold three
timeJ during the past thirty days; the
first time for $4,000. the second for
$4,000, and the last time $4,000.
What increased its value? The labor
past, present and prospective Of the poor
workers around it?
Who has to pay that increase ofvalue ?
You.
What do you get in return for 1t ?
Nothing unless you kick. I.
What then? The policeman's club.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
You Had BETTER Let Them Use the Be,
1--WE are going to get there. ANYHOW

1--WE are going to get there. ANYHOW"
PARIS, March 12.-Mr. Hauf1, an
American, has just arrived here fro m
Belfort, where he saw the bodies of
those poor workingmen killed by the
melenite explosion. He says the men
were one mass Of jelly. Even bon es
seemed to have been crushed by the
tremendous force Of the explosion. One
man, however. had his skull split jim
two Just as if it had been cut in halves
oy surgeons instrument, the two por-
tions remaining almost intact.
Nature somehow or other don't re-
spect crests. titles or money bags any
more than rags, and if that melenite had
exploded in the Chicago pork packers
exchange it would have done Mr.. Ar.
mour up just the same. Curious though.
isn't II.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
Arissecrasls Eesllns.

Mrs. Lucretis Hardgrove was recently
found In hut near San Francisco COM
pletely psralvzed and starving. She
says that for the last six weeks she has
been living on toast and water. and
charges that her sister. Mrs. Anderson
Of South San Francisco. who is worth
1000, would not assist her.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
Bsrnsdl Alive BY Capital.

The articles drawn ont in scientific
papers by the recent railroad horrors
have conclusivelv proved that the burn
Ing Of passengers alive in wrecked trains
can be easily prevented at trifling cost.
Were railroads fined 81 900 for each life
lost on them the safety of travel would
b at once increased 500 per cent The
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
Let Us Take the Machinery.
For the ENQUIRER.

For the ENQUIRER.
SANTA ANA, CAL, March 2O.-Please
allow me few words in regard to our
patent system. If placing the tools Of
production in the hands Of q few has
been the chief means of building up mo.
nopoly then our patent system is one of
the tap roots ofthe upas tree-monopoly.
Under our present system but few in
ventors ever become wealthy; when
they do they become millionaires.
Where they do not their Inventions and
discoveries are bought up BY rich men
for mere trifles and they make millions
out Of them. Holding the patents it is
in their power 10 hold, the machines
and tools at such exorbitsnt prices that
they are placed entirely beyond the
reach of those they should benefit, and
those who can afford to purchase them,
hold the workers in slavery.
Government should never be allowed
to issue patents for inventions and dis
coveries. They are naturally the prop.
ertv of the people and should be secured
to the people by law.
A commission consisting of at least
one person from every state should be
elected BY the people, and two.thirds
might be made a quorum for business,
1t should be the duty ofthe commls.
sion to carefully examine all inventions.
to also appraise their value and the gov.
ernment should buy them at their ap.
praised value for the good ofall the pso-
pie. The inventors would thus be So
cured against the greed Of capital, and
the cheap tools and machines, the result
Of composition in manufactures, would
find their way to alk who might need
them. G. W. THussros, SEN.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
The Chiness naust oe.

II Is an assured fact that those labor
ers who carf work the cheapest will get
the jobs. That is why under this sys.
tenn oil ours all Of the Chinese in Amer
Ice are at work. But it will not be for
long. The only salvation for the Chi
naman is for him to organize an Anti
Ape club and see to 1t that Mr.. Parke's
new monkeys raise their standard Of liv-
ing.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02

killed and MANNED now simply repre-
sent larger profits to the management
Let the State own. operate and run the
roads At cost and there would be no "in-
centive" to such criminal niggardnesS
ss Is now displayed. II
Vote the labor Ticket and you have
taken step toward doing this thing.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
I" 0rainv Werk.'

A bill has been introduced in the
New York legislature making it q mis-
demeanor to drop from the Brooklyn
bridge when you are desperate and
starving. New YORK has also in her pc
nal code section making suicide fel.
onv. Smart and brainv men. those EN-
pire state Legislators.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02

Houlihan has been before the police
commissioners on several charges and
his chsractsr 4 not Of the best, The
boss for whom Sullivan worked gave
him . high character. He had been
steadily In bis employment for four
yssrs.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
A New arana.

II jay Ghoul should be mated with
one Of Parke's new "laborsrs" would 1t
not produce Frank Pixley's typical
'"American?S
The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-02
The 1sAanksrss Cenelusaer.

A law. In the making Of which the
people have NO share. which einanated
not from them. 10 null.-Lsmenpais.